Tourism and wildlife habituation: Reduced population fitness or cessation of impact?

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1290-1298

  Higham, J E S ^a   Shelton, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Habituation; Management; Sensitisation; Stimulus control; Tolerance; Tourism; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960327382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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